Sacramento Gold won 5 – 1 last Saturday evening to secure the Golden Gate Conference’s entry to the US Open Cup. Sonoma Sol scored first, in the 18th minute, to go up 1 – 0. The Gold, however, responded with five goals to finish as the Golden Gate Conference’s single elimination tournament top team.

The National Premier Soccer League will enter eight teams into the 100th Lamar Hunt US Open Cup, but those teams have not yet been announced. Six of the eight teams are expected to be chosen from the Northeast, Midwest and Southern conferences but the league’s Western Conference kicks off their qualifying tournament this tournament.

Sacramento Gold played at Raimondi Park in Oakland against CD Aguiluchos on Sunday, March 10, 2013, in a single elimination tournament to determine the National Premier Soccer League’s North West Division (The Golden Gate Conference) direct entry to the US Open Cup.

n the final game of the regular 2012 National Premier Soccer League season, the Sacramento Gold tied Real San Jose, 3 to 3.  Scoring for the Gold were John Jones and Oscar Sandoval, who netted two goals.

Real San Jose goals were scored by Jesse Kehoe, Greivin Pacheco and Johnny Gonzales